Prevalence of alcohol related admissions to general medical units.

abstract：:This essay was chosen as an "honorable mention" for the 2020 Enid Balint Essay Contest. ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Vigliotti AA

更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Depression is a common mental disorder that leads to undesirable consequences. The study of the role of depression in disability pension can provide valuable insights. This study was conducted with the goal of systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between depression and disabi...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Amiri S,Behnezhad S

更新日期：2019-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes the delivery of medical, psychiatric and social work services to residents of a facility for the aged. Although the Home had already benefited from the introduction of sound medical standards and the influence of an acute medical hospital, a satisfactory staff organization needed to be developed t...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Breslau L

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To seek clues to the enhancement of primary care management by (i) Determining how often and in whom primary care clinicians in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada identify pediatric mood or anxiety syndromes; (ii) Determining which clinical and demographic features predict higher rates of identificati...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Wren FJ,Scholle SH,Heo J,Comer DM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of the putative "serotonin irritation syndrome" (SIS) was tested in a human population. Volunteers were exposed to a highly cationized environment for two hours. Symptoms of anxiety and excitement significantly increased. During the time of exposure serum serotonin levels also increased significantly. Th...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Giannini AJ,Jones BT,Loiselle RH,Price WA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The development of instruments to measure emotional maladjustment in diabetic Hispanic populations has received little attention. We present the development and validation of the Diabetes Emotional Adjustment Scale in Spanish. METHOD:An eighteen-item self-administered scale was construed to assess emotional ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： De León OA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethical and pragmatic considerations often preclude the application of classical experimental approaches to in vivo thanatological research. While quasi-experimental and correlational designs may be employed to circumvent a number of potential problems, many more empirically testable research questions simply remain u...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Devins GM

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dialysis encephalopathy (DE) is a distinct neuropsychiatric syndrome typically occurring in patients undergoing longterm hemodialysis. It is characterized by electroencephalographic abnormalities in association with disturbances of speech, cognition, movement, affect, or behavior. Previously thought to be relentlessly...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Jack R,Rabin PL,McKinney TD

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 2 million adults in the United States are incarcerated and over 650,000 return to the community each year. This disparate population is known to have an elevated burden of chronic disease and lower socioeconomic status. Medical residency training about care of incarcerated or previously incarcerated patients is s...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Hofmeister S,Soprych A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Depression scales that are responsive to changes in clinical symptoms are important for clinical monitoring and outcomes assessment in longitudinal studies. We evaluated the psychometric properties and responsiveness to clinical change of the 13- and 20-item versions of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist Depressio...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Williams JW Jr,Stellato CP,Cornell J,Barrett JE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article addresses some of the complex issues surrounding antidepressant drug usage among elderly depressives. While primarily geared toward the psychiatrist in general practice, the article provides useful information for the nonpsychiatric physician who is frequently called upon to evaluate and treat affe...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Halaris A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to examine the course and clinical correlates of depression during the first year after myocardial infarction. METHOD:A group of seventy patients hospitalized for the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) were assessed for the presence of mood disorders during their hospital a...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Travella JI,Forrester AW,Schultz SK,Robinson RG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the association between ethnicity, depression, quality of life, and diabetic control in Malaysian adolescents and young adults with type I diabetes mellitus. METHODS:Fifty-two outpatients with type I diabetes (mean age 15.5 years) who attended a Diabetes Clinic were included. The level of HbA1c w...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Tan SM,Shafiee Z,Wu LL,Rizal AM,Rey JM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the associations of Buddhist values with medication and dietary self-care, healthcare use, and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level among Thai patients with a confirmed diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. METHOD:A total of 173 patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus were surveyed at two ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Sowattanangoon N,Kochabhakdi N,Petrie KJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite all progress made in understanding and treating systemic arterial hypertension (SAH), the study of the impact of psychological disorders in SAH is still controversial and is not well understood. Our aim was to test the hypothesis that SAH can be associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms and to v...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Saboya PM,Zimmermann PR,Bodanese LC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emphasis on the process and content of the emotional aspects of rehabilitation are presented as a process interwoven with a patient's physical rehabilitation. The impact of trauma and subsequent rehabilitation involves for patients the resolution of these stages: shock, denial, depressive reaction, reaction against in...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Krueger DW

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that a systematic determination of symptom severity would predict psychiatric admission for non-suicidal patients referred for a psychiatric evaluation in an urban emergency department (ED) setting. METHOD:In a pilot study involving consecutive patients referred for a psychiatric evaluation i...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Hooten WM,Lyketsos CG,Mollenhauer M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Premature ejaculation is the most prevalent male sexual dysfunction. The present article is a comprehensive review of the literature on premature ejaculation. METHOD:This critical discussion of the literature evaluates the definitional issues, theoretical conceptualizations, assessment strategies, and treatm...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： St Lawrence JS,Madakasira S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is possible that Jack the Ripper can be understood in terms of doctor-identification borne of one or more terrifying experiences he may have had with doctors during his childhood. The fantasies acted out by this primitive murderer are similar to the fantasies experienced by people who have been surgically traumatiz...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Shuster S

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:No systematic information exists on what U.S. medical schools are teaching on spirituality and health or on the attitudes of faculty toward inclusion of this subject in the medical curriculum. We systematically surveyed U.S. medical school deans and assessed both attitudes about and the extent to which spirit...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Koenig HG,Hooten EG,Lindsay-Calkins E,Meador KG

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 21-year-old young lady with Wilson's disease, asymptomatic at first and consequently declining prophylaxis with chelating agents, who presented years after her diagnosis was made with multiple motor and neuropsychiatric manifestations of the disease, causing extensive morbidity and a major dec...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Chahine LM,Chemali ZN

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent genome wide association studies (GWASs) assessing the relationship between schizophrenia (SZ) and the ZNF804A gene, particularly the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs1344706, have yielded conflicting results. Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous disorder, so it is possible that an association may be ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Yang Y,Li W,Yang G,Xiao B,Wang X,Ding M,Zhao J,Song X,Yue W,Zhang D,Zhang H,Lv L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiological triad of host, agent and environment used conceptually in infectious disease may serve as a model for psychosomatic disorders, despite the involvement of many more variables. There are major problems with diagnosis and measurement, however, and the term "psychosomatic" has several meanings. The two...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Eastwood MR

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent case reports have suggested an association between anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Fifty-eight females aged fifteen to twenty-two with IDDM for more than one year were assessed for the presence of eating disorders. Patients were screened for eating and weight pat...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Rodin GM,Johnson LE,Garfinkel PE,Daneman D,Kenshole AB

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports data describing a population of general hospital patients whose behavioral management required the use of constant observation (CO). In this retrospective chart review, the mean number of days of CO per patient was 3.8, with a median of 2.0 and a standard deviation of 14.8. The longest number of day...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Goldberg RJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Philosophical and theological notions regarding food and eating are briefly reviewed, as is the history of anorexia nervosa. Modern studies of social, psychological, and biological aspects of anorexia nervosa have failed, as yet, to provide an organized coherent understanding of the etiology of this disorder. ...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Giannini AJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prescription of medications for a patient with kidney failure requires special consideration since the kidneys are major organs of excretion and regulator the body's fluid environment. Physicians need to have a working knowledge of the pharmacokinetics of the medications they intend to prescribe. Protein binding o...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Levy NB

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases from an adolescent dialysis group are presented to illustrate the limitations of the generally used models of patient compliance and noncompliance with medical treatment. Understanding the noncompliance of these two young men required awareness of their psychological development and of the interpersonal matr...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Armstrong SH,Weiner MF

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was determine the rate of depression in people with diabetes in an Iranian population. METHOD:A hospital-based prospective study with a comparison group was conducted in Firozgar Teaching Hospital in Tehran, Iran. The condition of depression and relationship to diabetes was asses...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Khamseh ME,Baradaran HR,Rajabali H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes a 20-year-old man with a severe presentation of anorexia nervosa. His case is unique in that he presented at 49% of his ideal body weight and had a body mass index (BMI) of 11.59. In addition, he had cognitive slowing on exam and had cortical atrophy on a head CT. Other medical complications...

journal_title：International journal of psychiatry in medicine

authors： Shapiro M,Davis AA,Nguyen ML

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00